| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Little Critter enjoys a special day in the city with his mother. Little Critter means well, but he gets himself in trouble all along the way. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 156 |
1.7 |
200 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
20 |
Total # of Words |
354 |
# of Different Words |
171 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
8 |
Hi Freq occurs |
230 |
65% |
# of Hi freq words |
70 |
40.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
6 |
1.7% |
# of Low freq words |
5 |
2.9% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Mothers |
| Field Trips |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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aquarium |
conductor |
measured |
restaurant |
weird |
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